CURRICULUM AND COURSE DESING: DEFINITION

CURRICULUM AND COURSE DESING: DEFINITION

1. CURRICULUM AND SYLLABUS

   • CURRICULUM IS A VERY GENERAL CONCEPT WHICH INVOLVES CONSIDERATION OF THE WHOLE COMPLEX OF PHILOSOPHICAL, SOCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE PLANNING OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
     • WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH CURRICULUM, BROAD, GENERAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, THEORETICAL.
   • SYLLABUS REFERS TO THAT SUBPART OF THE CURRICULUM WHICH IS CONCERNED WITH A SPECIFICATION OF WHAT UNITS WILL BE TAUGHT.
     • WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH SYLLABUS, DETAIL, OPERATIONAL, NARROWLY DEFINED, SPECIFICATION, STEPS.

2. APPROACH, METHOD, DESIGN AND PROCEDURE

   • AN APPROACH OCCUPIES THE SAME SPACE IN OUR INTEGRATED MODEL OF CURRICULUM AS DO THE SETS OF BELIEFS RELATING TO THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE AND THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE LEARNING.
   • A METHOD, IS AN OVERALL PLAN FOR THE ORDERLY PRESENTATION OF LANGUAGE MATERIAL, NO PART OF WHICH CONTRADICTS, AND ALL OF WHICH CONTRADICTS, AND ALL OF WHICH IS BASED UPON, THE SELECTED APPROACH.
   • DESIGN: IS THE GENERAL AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE METHOD, TYPE OF LEARNING AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES.
   • PROCEDURE: CLASSROOM TECNIQUES, PRACTICES, AND BEHAVIORS WHEN THE METHOD IS USED.

3. TIMETABLE AND LESSON

   • FACTORS THE TEACHER NEEDS TO CONSIDER WHEN PLANNING A SCHEME OF WORK ARE VARIETY, COHESION AND COVERAGE. IS IMPORTANT THAT THE SCHEME OF WORK PROVIDES A SATISFACTORY COVERAGE OF ALL THE AREAS TARGETED IN THE SYLLABUS.
   • THE CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYLLABUSING AND LEARNING THAT DANGERFIELD DESCRIBES IS REPRESENTED IN THIS FIGURE:

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